-laughs- I remember when I first made this...it royally sucked. The first chapter is still a little rough around the edges, but I assure you that the chapters will get longer, and will make a lot more sense in the future.

Now...for the warnings.

YAOI!! Meaning SasuNaruSasu. A lot of it. And also side pairings. Meaning more Yaoi. So, don't like it? TOO BAD! -coughs- but you're welcome to read this anyway if you don't like it. Despite other non-yaoi side couples like KibaHina, this is going to focus on our two favorite boys. Sasuke and Naruto. But it isn't decided who will top first. I'll have a vote later.

Let's see...this is going to be pretty graphic, so if you have over-protective parents, or perhaps are too young to read this, go away. Now. I don't try and bleep anything. I like being desciptive XP

Disclaimer: I don't own it! Though you wish I did, because it wouldn't be dubbed and wouldn't be rated PG. More like NC17-ish. And would have hot, sexy, man-smex in every episode.

Epilogue

This is the product of many scientific experiments and several failures. After years of research, famous genetic scientist 'Orochimaru' has made a scientific breakthrough. This is sure to be the most talked about discovery for many years to come. The famous scientist has proved it possible to mix human genetics with that of animals, resulting in what he calls to be 'Hybrids'. Several millionaires are already bidding on these exotic and popular animals. They can range to dogs all the way to the rare Siberian tiger. What amazes and intrigues most are the strange resemblance they hold to actual humans. The only thing that can determine that they are in fact animals are the unique ears and tail they receive during the experiments. The scientist assure us that they are in fact only animals and have nowhere near the intelligence we posses. But what seems to be their flaw is actually what attracts these people to them. People everywhere are putting up bids on the limited supply of them already. Orochimaru is already described as the genius of the century, along with being the most wealthy man alive. One of these creatures goes for at least 2.5 million and the prices keep increasing. Hundreds of these animals are being created and sold every passing minute at varying prices. The streets are already colored with the many different breeds.

Kakashi's eyes roamed the ancient newspaper. It seemed like ages ago that he had read it, and was perplexed enough to want to go and see one of these auctions. Though he had never wanted to buy one, he ended up purchasing one anyways. The creature that caught his eye just seemed too proud to be sold off to one of the scums there.

And he was indeed beautiful in every way. Midnight fur, perfect ears perched upon raven locks and the most elegant tail you had ever seen. And to contrast to that perfect darkness, his skin was soft and looked to be made of porcelain, almost as white as the first fall of snow.

Sasuke was indeed a beauty. He'd never seen a wild leopard even compare to how he looked.

But as perfect as something seemed, everyone knows that every carved surface always has a nick in it. Sasuke's nick was that damned pride of his. Stubborn, rude, and hotheaded. Everything about him screamed perfection, and he knew it almost too well. Sasuke was a thorn in his side, and he never once in his life acted like the obedient pet he was supposed to be. Not that he would ever treat him like one though, that would be wrong. Sasuke was too intelligent to be treated like an animal, as everyone else had. He knew almost from the beginning that he had the potential to learn what he himself did. So he tried it, and Sasuke had ended up just like he guessed he would.

That was when he found Konoha. A small school program that was made for the education of Hybrids like Sasuke. Animals that showed signs of intelligence far beyond what was intended. And he went from there. Eventually getting a job as a teacher there himself, and finding out many more things that he never would have known if it weren't for Sasuke.

Hybrid

"Kakashi..."

"Kakashi."

"Kakashi!"

"Quit sucking face and get some more milk dammit!" Sasuke screeched while throwing an empty milk carton at his 'master'. The silver haired teacher turned around and stopped his ministrations on the flushing brunette. Sasuke crossed his arms and glared at both the men, tail swishing angrily across the floor, his ears flattened.

"Kitty out of milk again?" Kakashi mocked, grinning under the disheveled mask he tried to pry back on.

"Shut up Kakashi and go to the store before I rip up those damn books of yours!" Kakashi's eyes widened in shock. He knew perfectly well that Sasuke was capable of doing so. He once came home to find his entire house ripped to shreds just because the feline couldn't find any cat-nip. He sniggered at that. Sasuke or not, he couldn't feign his primal urges, that included his craving for things like cat-nip and anything milk based. But unfortunately, that also meant that he would tear up his house if he failed to keep up a good supply of these things.

He let out a breath of air, while waving his hands in defense. "Yes, yes Sasuke. Just give me a few moments to get ready."

"Ready my ass, Kakashi. Go now or I'll burn them." he held out a small stack of books that no one had noticed were there before.

"No! Okay, okay! I'm going, I'm going!" he threw on a shirt and rushed down stairs, but not before he grabbed the books from the boys hands. Sasuke turned his gaze to the other man in the room.

"G-good morning, Sasuke. Things going well enough for you?"

"Yes, things are fine Iruka-sensei." he turned and walked away, while the molested teacher slumped against the wall he was previously being pinned against. He let out a sigh and got ready to face another day in his new home.

A little more than a week ago Kakashi had asked him to move in with him, and he accepted with an open heart. He loved Kakashi and was more than willing to move in. But he was starting to notice the change in Sasuke's attitude as well. Since he had moved in he had acted more emotional and moody. Usually he kept to himself when he was over in the past, but that changed as soon as Iruka moved in. He became rash, aggravated and a whole lot more defensive.

Iruka blamed it on the animal instincts that he still held. He guessed that it was because black leopards were extremely territorial and Sasuke probably felt that he was intruding on his turf. The cat did seem extremely protective of Kakashi's and his stuff lately. Always hoarding it and packing it into his room for safe keeping. He would have to talk to Kakashi about it later.

After realizing that Kakashi would be leaving and he wouldn't be able to talk to him, he hurriedly rushed down stairs and almost missed him as he walked out the door.

"Kakashi-sensei!" he yelled after him.

"Yes, Iruka-chan?" said man frowned at the nickname as the silver haired man smiled at him.

"Would you mind if I came with you...?"

"Of course not! Lets go shopping together sweetheart!" he felt himself getting red from embarrassment and anger as he followed the man out the door.

--

After getting plenty of groceries along with several cartons of milk and creme, they were now sitting silently while Iruka stared out the window of the car, watching as a blur of trees and different types of foliage passed as they drove on. He was pondering on Sasuke's change of behavior and what they could do to help.

Reaching a sort of resolve, he turned his head towards the driving man. "Kakashi-sensei?" he still hadn't grown out of calling him that.

"Hm, Iruka-chan?"

He chose to ignore the name and continued. "I was thinking and... don't you think Sasuke started to act differently when I moved in? He seems more intimidated and reserved than he used to be...I'm worried about him...Is there anything that we could do to help?" Kakashi looked thoughtful for a few moments, almost a little too thoughtful, and Iruka feared for their safety for a brief moment before Kakashi returned his gaze back to the road, and smiled.

"I was just thinking the same thing Iruka a few days ago. And I came up with the most brilliant decision!" Iruka eyed the man wearily but listened to him nonetheless.

--

"WHAT?! You can't be serious!"

"Quite serious, Iruka."

"B-but! You can't seriously be thinking about this! Think about how much that'll cost!"

"Hmm, it may be too much for you but I have quite the little fortune saved up."

"But you can't take care of Sasuke and another pet!"

"Sasuke's able to take care of himself, and besides, this is for Sasuke remember?"

After much debating and arguing on the topic of Sasuke's irritation, Kakashi had suggested that they get another Hybrid. Iruka protested of course, saying that it would only cause more trouble and Sasuke would only get more flustered. But of course Kakashi already had all of this planned out when he thought of the idea in the first place, he was well ready for all the protests the other man would have.

"But..."

"No buts Iruka. I already called the supplier yesterday and he's awaiting us already. So as soon as we drop this stuff off and get Sasuke, we can go over right away." Iruka sulked and sank in his seat, feeling defeated.

"But what if Sasuke doesn't like the idea? Surely you can't force it on him?"

"I'm sure Sasuke wouldn't mind having a female around for himself, and I was thinking about breeding him anyway. Uchiha is a dying breed and very rare. His offspring would go for a fortune, though I doubt that Sasuke would willingly sell off his heir." Iruka wasn't really listening after that and ignored the man as they pulled up to the very large house they lived in. Space wouldn't be a problem, they had so many spare rooms that it was ridiculous. Sometimes he wondered why his lover had bought such a large house in the first place. Kakashi was a strange man indeed.

"SASUKE-KUN!" Kakashi called through the house. It didn't take long before the Hybrid was stomping down the stairs, ears still lying flat on his head, and tail twitching in irritation.

"What the hell took you so long?" he bit out.

"Me and Iruka we're just talking. Now go and get dressed. We're leaving right now." Sasuke glared, a hint of curiosity in his eyes, but complied, grabbing a carton of milk from Kakashi on his way, chugging it down.

Iruka and Kakashi had another bout of arguing, and soon after they were out the door and driving in the direction of the building that had the largest selection of Hybrids in the country. As soon as Sasuke laid eyes on the building he began to curse Kakashi six ways to Sunday and repeatedly kicked the back of his seat, demanding that they turn around that second.

After parking, Sasuke refused to get out and glued himself to the seat, not planning to move an inch. Kakashi tried his hardest to pull out the fifteen year old but his efforts were in vain. He waited a few moments and soon supplied a threat that had Sasuke rushing out the door faster than you could say 'shock collar'.

The building was very appealing from the outside and just as nice inside. Upon entering you could see that it was a very exceptional place. The walls were a welcoming white and the tiled floors were polished to perfection, looking as if it were the first time it was walked on. If you looked around the walls that weren't painted were lined with glass cages that held the most exotic animals you would ever see.

They were beautiful in every way. Perfectly groomed fur that glistened and skin that seemed to be molded by the gods. Of course Sasuke's skin and fur outdid each and every one of them, but they were still very beautiful creatures. Most were sleeping but some stirred and pressed up against the glass to meet the new arrivals.

Sasuke looked around in distaste. He liked to keep to himself and didn't like the presence of other Hybrids, especially when they held no intelligence whatsoever. The only reason he tolerated the animals at the school was because they had some sort of superiority like he himself did towards other Hybrids. These animals however were like brainless twits. Slobbering over themselves and jumping around like morons.

Kakashi talked to the owner of the store, and soon Sasuke was being ushered into approaching one of the animals that had been let out to meet him and his owners. It looked shyly at him and padded up to him cautiously. It's round ears twitched as Sasuke held out his hand for it to smell. As expected, it smelled and then licked at his hand before he withdrew it quickly. Another brainless one.

He waved his hand for it to be put back. Animal after animal was brought out to him. Most of them would try and tackle him to the ground, and he was mortified after a dog breed tried to hump his leg senseless. Sasuke waved off the females as soon as he saw them after that.

Soon he was down to the very last animal and he soon got bored with it. Honestly, like he would have approved any of them anyways. He wanted nothing to do with them, and he surely wasn't going home with another pet next to him.

"Aw...Come on Sasuke! There has to be one you must've liked! What about the poodle that-"

Sasuke cut him off with a glare. "No, Kakashi. Now lets go." he turned around and headed to the door.

"Wait!" the shop keeper yelled helplessly after them. It was very rarely that he had the chance to please a man as wealthy as Hatake, and he wasn't going to be blown off that easily. "We do have some in the back that we don't showcase out here! Perhaps you would like to see those?" he added hastily.

Kakashi blinked and looked at Sasuke pleadingly. The leopard hesitated but then nodded and Kakashi nearly screamed in delight. The shopkeeper smiled and led them to the back of the room.

He showed them many others that seemed promising, but Sasuke turned them all down. Soon they were at the end and the shop keeper looked down solemnly. "There is no more left I'm afraid...Perhaps maybe-"

"What about that door?" Sasuke pointed at the end of the hall. The man looked thoughtful for a moment.

"Well I'm not so sure about that one. He tends to be a handful. Wouldn't you rather-"

"Let's see it." Sasuke sauntered down the hall, the shopkeeper and his two owners on his heels. He looked at the metal door and frowned at the many locks on it. He briefly wondered what those were for, but stopped when the last lock was unlatched by the shop keeper and the door was slowly opened.

He stepped inside and glared slightly at the poor keeping of the room. The walls were dirty and covered in scratch marks and the floor was concrete, covered in a small layer of hay. He looked to the farthest corner and saw a small bundle beginning to stir. He slowly approached it. Maybe there was at least one pet here that wasn't completely brainless.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes and got a glimpse of an orange-yellow ear poking out from a blond mop of fur. It was rimmed with black and had the smallest hint of white on it. He peered closer and heard the slight clanging of metal rubbing against itself. The blond mop lifted it's head and Sasuke's eyes met blue ones.

An tail matching the color of it's ears swept across the hay covered floor, making a scratchy noise in it's wake. The small creature sat up and looked at him curiously. It crawled on it's hands and knees up to him and a small nose sniffed at his clothing, as the azure eyes trailed his face, watching his every move. Sasuke offered is hand as he had done to the others, and just like always the creature sniffed it. Sasuke sighed.

"Another idiot." he yelped in surprise after his sentence was uttered.

Sasuke's eyes widened and he withdrew his hand quickly, cradling it like a newborn child. 'Did it just bite me?' he stared down at his hand and it indeed was bleeding, a sure sign of being bitten.

None of the others dared to even look at him wrong and this small creature had just bitten him? 'What the hell?' he looked back down at what he presumed to be a fox breed, and was miffed to see it grinning ear to ear mischievously. It tilted it's head innocently continuing to smile like an idiot. After finally processing what had happened, he frowned at the fox, flattening his ears.

--

"So, what's with the high security? Surely it isn't that dangerous?" Kakashi asked the owner.

"Well, he isn't dangerous just...troublesome. Every pen he's ever been put in he's escaped from. And every time he does escape he tears up the place! So I really didn't have much a choice. I really don't suggest you purchase this one."

"And why not?"

"Umm...It's a very new breed that wasn't let entirely. After they released it to be sold, the owners had some problems controlling it."

"What kinds of problems?"

"Where not entirely sure why, but sometimes the breed can get extremely dangerous and violent. That's why this breed was discontinued and many were killed off."

Iruka stared at the man, horrified. "They killed them...?" Iruka said disbelievingly. "Why would they do that?"

"Many of the owners--having discovered their tendencies to get rough--had their pets put down and replaced." the man looked down at his hands. "Naruto showed no signs of lashing out, and besides his habit of destroying things, seemed perfectly fine. I couldn't bring myself to put him down."

Iruka looked at the man and then smiled lightly. He wasn't so sure about the man at first, but he seemed like a very kind shop keep. He was about to comment on that when he heard a loud yell come from the door.

"OUCH!" The three men whipped their heads toward the door and Iruka rushed towards it.

--

"Sasuke?! Are you okay in here?" Kakashi asked worriedly. What if what that man said was true and Naruto was starting to lash out?

He opened the door and poked his head in. He blinked, and then full out laughed.

Sasuke was currently trying to escape form a very tightly woven cocoon of chains wrapped around him. As a sleek black tail lashed madly he noticed a blur of red and blonde trying to pin it down. Trying not to laugh too loudly and interrupt them, he let the two alone to bond a little more.

"Kakashi? What's the matter? Is Sasuke alright?" Iruka asked in slight panic.

"Yes, perfectly fine Iruka. Now let's talk more about this little condition of the fox's."

--

Sasuke sat with his arms crossed, glaring across the room. After finally getting untied he had settled himself in the farthest corner, away from the little deviant that had tried to capture him--roughly succeeding in the task.

With the chains that were strapped to the fox, there was no way he could reach him. He watched the other make futile efforts of trying to escape and reach him. Despite having the most unique personality, he was still very unintelligent.

He eyed the blonde up and down. There was something about this ones scent that he just couldn't keep away from, and he soon found that he was slowly approaching. He got about a foot away from the fox and stopped dead in his tracks.

The fox was bleeding. The place where the cuffs met his skin were extremely raw and blood was coming out. The blonde whimpered, noticing where Sasuke was looking. Hesitantly he took the fox's hand in his and flicked out one of his claws. He expertly wriggled his nail in the lock, and when he heard a satisfying 'click' he removed it and the chains.

So, Kakashi putting a lock on the fridge wasn't in vain after all, he was now a professional lock smith. He smiled at his work and looked to the fox, who smiled happily at him.

"There, now show some appreciation and don't tie me up again." the other nodded. Sasuke raised a brow. 'So he can understand me, huh?' Sasuke pondered this, maybe he could be educated.

"Can you say...'Sasuke'?" he sounded out the syllables many times to try and get the pet to understand. After many futile efforts, he sighed and gave up. He walked towards the door and stopped when he heard something.

"What...?"

"Sa..." Sasuke's eyes widened.

"Try again."

"Suke."

"Again."

"Sake!" the boy smiled brightly and continued to attempt to say his name over and over again, though most of it was slurred and slightly off, Sasuke allowed a small smirk of his own.

True, he didn't like other pets that were brain-dead, but he didn't want to leave one with potential behind. Kakashi would just bring him to another shop like this one anyway. This fox was better than a stupid pet that would drool all over the place.

"So...you got a name, fox?"

Sorry for any typos and/or mistakes in grammar. I don't have a beta for this, but I'm looking for one. Any offers? -Pfft- fine.

That was chapter one, the next one should be up soon, depending how much people want it up. So...reviews? Hate it? Love it? TELL ME!